Lily slowly tied the black ribbon into the back of her French braid and looked at herself in the mirror. She had on a black pencil skirt that cut to her knees with her white school shirt. On her feet were the shoes she had being wearing the day she had left school.
She carefully pulled her Gryffindor cloak over the top and looked at her own pale face, due to the whiteness the green of her eyes shone even brighter than ever before, her eyes were already puffy and large and she knew she looked ill.
"Lily dear come on we're going."
Lily sighed at the sound of Pa Evans' voice and walked out of her room down the stairs. She looked out of the front door and saw the coffin lying there; she couldn't remove her eyes from the flowers that spelt Mum, and Jasmine.
She felt a hand on her shoulder and looked up at Pa Evans'. He looked older than usual and the shine of his eyes had disappeared. She knew he was looking at her cloak along with her Uncle Tony but nothing was said.
She watched as her Uncle Tony and Aunt Charlene climbed into the car right at the back with Oliver and Ginger. Pa Evans' lead her to the other car just behind the one carrying her mother, she couldn't remember what the car was called and nor did she really care.
She climbed in ahead of Pa Evans' and found her sister and father already in there. The car slowly began to pull off and she sat in silence staring into the space in front of her unaware of where they were headed.
Albus Dumbledore felt his age on this day he looked around at the small group of first years in front of him. They were all looking at each other and all looked confused. He was surprised by their maturity about this.
He watched as Alice and Branwen stood together with Peter, he had an arm around each as they just stood together in silence. On the other side of the room Ginny and Remus stood holding hands and whispering about something together. Albus couldn't help but smile slightly at this.
Then sitting on the floor in the middle of the room were Sirius and Amanda, she was sitting between his legs leaning back as he played quietly with her hair. They sat there waiting for the last of their group to arrive.
The door opened slightly and Albus saw Taliesin walk in followed by Dyfan. He had been told about the conversation between Dudley Evans and Taliesin and understood how he felt the same, they moved towards him and Albus smiled weakly.
"How are they Albus?"
"Subdued they haven't said anything in thirty minutes Taliesin, I would be worried but they understand what's happening and behaving in a manor that will make the school proud."
"Where's Potter?"
"Toilet. He'll be back now. Do you think we were right to allow them to wear their uniform and cloaks this is a muggle funeral?"
Dyfan looked closely at Albus and he knew that Dyfan thought it respectful as James entered the three looked at him, he moved over to Sirius and Amanda and joined them on the floor. He moved so that he had his shoulder resting on Amanda as they waited for Minerva to arrive with the portkey.
She entered dressed in simple black robes with a crisp packet in her hand. The children were instantly on their feet and had joined the adults; before Albus could say anything they had all reached out and were touching part of the packet.
Within seconds they were all transported to the back of the church and sat there as the service began
The service had almost ended when Lily took the stand; she looked out her eyes full of tears and spoke from her heart
"Mummy I love you, I miss you already. I can't keep going without you please understand that. I pray that we will meet each other again and that you will watch over me, please never forget how much I love you as I will never forget you."
She laid her hand on the coffin and then kissed the top, turning and taking her seat. She watched as her father and Uncle Tony moved to the front along with Alex, her mother's best friends husband and Jeff her dad's best friend. They carried the coffin out of the door of the church and over to the grass where the space had been reserved for her.
She slowly followed her sister and Pa Evans' as they stood around the coffin. She felt like she wanted to cry and as she stared into space felt a small soft hand slip into hers, she looked as Branwen stood looking on.
From behind Albus stood with Dyfan, Minerva and Taliesin. They looked at their group of students; Branwen had moved over to Lily and stood with her. Behind them stood Alice and Peter hugging each other. Next to Lily's sister stood James hand in hand with Amanda, whose other hand was in Sirius'.
Right at the back next to him stood Remus and Ginny together. Remus held her as she cried onto his shoulder, staying back to allow those who knew Jasmine Evans to be closest.
As the service came to an end they moved off to one side watching as the close family said their final goodbyes by dropping letters into the grave after coffin. Albus felt a tear in his eye as he remembered a similar experience with his own mother.
Dudley was the first to turn away and spot the small group that had formed on one side. He moved towards them and his hand was quickly in Taliesin's. Albus met gazes with the oldest of the group Lily's grandfather.
He joined them and moved aside with Albus and Dyfan. Soon Lily was left on her own after Petunia had turned and walked to join her friend Mary Hodder. As tears stirred in her eyes she felt arms fold around her. Quietly she cried into Branwen's shoulder allowing the last of her tears to leave her body.
The small huddle of friends had moved together and all looked at a lost. Ginny was the next to react as she followed Branwen's lead and wrapped her arms around her friend. Finally the nine were all hugging as tears left them all.
Each crying for the woman who had mothered their friend, none realising that this would become a normal thing for them as their numbers were destined to decrease as the war of their world increased.